linux-kernel - Re: Handling of modular boards

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Date:	Fri, 4 May 2012 23:09:45 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Wolfgang Denk <wd@...x.de>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...b.de>, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Igor Grinberg <grinberg@...pulab.co.il>,
	linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: Handling of modular boards

On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 10:33:57PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> On the other hand, some of the issues we're trying to solve here
> for the kernel are also present in the boot loader, so this needs to
> do this anyway - whether by inserting new or modifying (enabling or
> disabling) existing properties in the DT is not really relevant here.

FWIW if the bootloader can usefully handle this stuff I think that's a
good approach but there is substantial variation in quality of
implementation between bootloaders and even when the bootloader is a
good one it's not always practical to update it or the data it relies
on.

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